TheobaldBourke, 1st Viscount Mayo was born at sea before 1583.1 He was the son of SirRichardBourke and GraceO'Malley.1 He married MaudSligo, daughter of Charles O'ConnorSligo. He died on 18 June 1629.1 He was buried at Ballintober, County Mayo, Ireland.2 Theobald Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo also went by the nick-name of Tibbot-ny-Lung (or in English, Tibbot of the ships).1 In 1599 he supported the Crown against the Spaniards at Kinsale.1 He was invested as a Knight on 4 January 1602/3 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.1 On 25 September 1603 he surrendered his estates, and obtained a regrant under English tenure.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Mayo between 1613 and 1615.2 He was created 1st Viscount Mayo [Ireland] on 21 June 1627.1

Ælfræd, King of Wessex was born between 846 and 849 at Wantage, Oxfordshire, England.4 He was the son of Æðelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga(?). He married Eahlwið, Princess of Mercia, daughter of Æthelred 'Mucil', Ealdorman of the Gainas and Eadburga, Princess of Mercia, between 868 and 869.5 He died between 25 October 899 and 28 October 899.6 He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.6 Ælfræd, King of Wessex also went by the nick-name of Alfred 'the Great' (?).7 He succeeded to the title of King Ælfræd of Wessex on 23 April 871.5 He succeeded to the title of King Ælfræd of Mercia on 23 April 871.5 He helped his brother gain a great victory over the Danes at Ashdown in 871. Alfred organised the army and was the founder of the English Navy. By 877 the Danes had occupied London and reached Gloucester and Exeter, but they lost 120 supply ships in a fierce storm off Swanage. In 878 he was forced to hide in Somerset and it was there arose the legend of the burned cakes. He renewed the fight and won a famous victory at Edington in Wiltshire the same year. After, the Danes agreed that their king, Guthrum, should be baptised and Alfred was godfather. Afterwards Guthrum ruled Mercia but acknowledged Alfred as Overlord. The Mercian settlement developed over the next 100 years into the body known as Danelaw. Before that, in 879 at Fulham and also near Rochester in 884, other Norse armies landed. Alfred continued fighting until he was the acknowledged champion of the English against the Danes. Alfred was scholarly, a writer, law-maker, pious and also a valiant fighter. Additionally he had a good knowledge of geography. He was a most able administrator and also instituted educational programmes. He founded monasteries and gave a large part of his income to charities.

Æðelwulf, King of Wessex was born between 795 and 810.2 He was the son of Ecgbeorht, King of Wessex and Redburga(?).3 He married, firstly, Osburga(?), daughter of OslacofHampshire, circa 830.2 He married, secondly, Judith, Princesse de France, daughter of Charles I, Roi de France and Ermentruded'Orléans, on 1 October 856 at Verberie sur Oise, France.2 He died after 13 January 858.4 He was buried at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.4 He was buried at Steyning, Sussex, England.5 He gained the title of Subregulus of Kent, Essex, Sussex and Surrey between 825 and 828.2 He succeeded to the title of King Æðelwulf of Wessex on 4 February 839.6 He was crowned King of Wessex in 839 at Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England.2 He abdicated as King of Wessex between 855 and 856.2 Ethelwulf was the son of King Egbert and had previously ruled Kent and adjoining minor kingdoms. He continued wars against the Danes and had a victory at the mouth of the Parret in Somerset in 845 and again in 851 when he beat a force of 350 ships' companies who attacked Canterbury. Ethelwulf helped the Mercians against the Welsh and then married the Mercian king's daughter. He was a religious man and in 855 undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving the country in charge of Ethelbald his eldest son. On his return, to avoid civil war, he allowed Ethelbald to retain Wessex while he ruled Kent and other parts of south eastern England.

Æthelstan, Sub-King in Kent, Essex, Sussex and Surrey was born circa 839. He was the son of Æðelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga(?).1 He died circa 850. He held the office of Sub-king in Kent, Essex, Sussex and Surrey between 839 and 851.1 Although some sources cite Athelstan as Ethelwulf's eldest son, he has almost certainly been confused with Athelstan, son of Egbert, as the details of his life are identical. Therefore, it is improbable that Ethulwulf actually had a son called Athelstan.2